Giving home address?

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

Ok, i accidentaly gave my home address to a scammer, has anyone ever done or known of someone who has done this with any consequences?

Thanks.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:49 pm

Whatever you are doing with him... PUT IT DOWN and WALK AWAY... Shocked

This breaks evry single nuance of 'BAIT SAFE'....

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

I was trying to sell something on loot, less than �100 and genuinly thought it was real, gave them my name (to put on cheque) and full address(i stated it was pick up only) he then sent mail saying 'when the check clears we'll sort out shipping cost' that's when i realised. So, obviously i won't go any further, i just want to know if anything could come from giving my home address?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:58 pm

No sense taking any chances... He may have friends in your area.. Cool

Oh and welcome to Eater by the way...

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

Sorry, should have been clearer, i'm not trying to bait him. Just that i was a bit paranoid because i live in london, but they're not likely to insist on taking it any further with �100 to gain. Are they?

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks for the welcome!

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:09 am

Hey Charlie,
Welcome to Eater!!

The main rule is that if they have any personal information about you...AT ALL, stop all contact immediately.
Don't tell them you know it's a scam, don't tell them anything. Just drop them and they will get bored and leave you alone.
I'm so pleased to hear you discovered this was a scam before you lost any money, good on ya Wink

I wouldn't worry too much, mugus are lazy little gits. Once they know you're not playing the game, they'll move on and leave you alone.

Honestly, I believe you're quite safe, so don't go putting the 'For sale' sign up just yet!!

Read as much as you can on Eater and you'll find that there are many, many people who got scammed and came out the other end safe. (But most of them were out of pocket)

So, come on in, pull up a chair and get reading. If you wanna take it further, sign up for a mentor and then enjoy the game from a great, safe height!! Very Happy

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks for the info, it does sound like lots of fun. So, now that i'm not selling up, does anyone have any juicy stories of people giving out addresses and being paid a visit?

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:30 am

Wasn't there someone who used their work fax number in a bait and had a couple of guys arrive at his work asking for him by his baiting name?

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:31 am

I thought that was baiter mythology..

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:32 am

charlie wrote:

....does anyone have any juicy stories of people giving out addresses and being paid a visit?

Yes. I invited them in for tea and cake....which was nice. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:16 am

When you drop him, which I'm sure you have done already, can you post his email addy and the scam he was running so those who want to bite him can?

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:54 am

Charlie, welcome aboard.

I think IMHO Les Noise above has it right--drop the bait right away and move on. If they know where you truly are--especially London, where they have many bag-men and contacts--there's no sense and security in baiting them any further.

Here across the pond I am fortunate to live within 6km/4m of a state-line. This makes it easy for me to maintain a PO Box in 'the other state' for the mugus, separate from my real home address should they ask me...As it is, the majority of my baits situate me thousands of miles from where I am to begin with.

My point is that I'm sure there are postal drop-offs in The UK that you can rent by the month/year etc for a pittance w/o revealing your true home address. And you'll sleep better at night knowing they don't know where you are.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:01 am

Charlie,

I have been baiting for 4 years and have read shivers stuff for more than that. Shivers inspired me to become a baiter.

I finally signed up for this board because of your post. I have been an inactive reader for years

Les Noise, It wasn't me, and icrightthrU are right. Drop it. Don't have any further contact with this guy (or Guyman)

Give the Guyman's address to us and we will keep him too busy to worry about you.

They pay attention to those who may give them money, NOT those who stop responding.

Don't lose any sleep over this.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:59 am

@B A Ware...

Nice to meet you! Glad you decided to come out of the woodwork and speak to us!
beers!

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:31 am

@ Charlie.

Like everyone says, drop him immediately , but don't lose his email address as you can always bait him later. If he's a genuine UK lad, you can have some fun with him by sending him to webcams and the like.

Try Googling his address to see if he's been up to anything else.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:35 am

I got a few cheques from London so as the others have said there are lots of lads round there.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:01 pm

it wasn't me wrote:

I thought that was baiter mythology..

Nope, true story.

However, the guy is not going to do anything to you. He will not show up at work or wherever. Just quit emailing him. The amount is only 100 pounds and if you are not baiting him, it is definitely par for the course. He has people drop him all the time, don't worry.

Welcome and have a look around.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:01 pm

I remember reading the post. The bloke used his work's fax number and a couple of big gorillas (gorilla in the sense of big, well muscled men with little brain or ability other than to kick the living shit out of) showed up asking for his baiting name. Fortunately, the receptionists handled the situation, but it did happen.